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HENRY s. STAUEEEE, or MOUNT JOY, PENNsYLVANIAf PoRoH-l-R'ON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 252,401, dated January 1?, 18S-2.

` Application filed November 2,1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

- Be it known that I, HENRY S. S'IAUEFEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mount Joy, in the county of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Porch-Irons, of which 'the following v is a specitication.

`My invention relates to porch-irons used as feet or asa base for the posts supporting the roof; and the object ot' my improvement is to preventor remedy the sinking of the said posts occasioned by the settlementof the floor upon which the feet rest. To overcome this liabil-4 ity of the posts to sink has always been a source of trouble to builders and house-owners, as it occasionsinequalities in the roof of the porch unsightly to the eye and injurious to the structure, inthat it is liable to cause openings in the roof and to -prevent the properescape ot' the water by the pipes. I overcome the difficulty by means of the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical view of my invention with an arched base; Fig. 2, a vertical view of the same with a `socket-base; and Fig: 3 is a vertical section through x y of Fig. 2, showing the manner of fitting the foot of the up# rightin the socket.

Similar letters refer to si mil-ar parts throughout the several views.

The upright U has a screw-thread cut therein, and is supported by a foot or base secured to the porch-door by means of screws S. When this base is arched, as in Fig. l, the-uprightis permanently attached thereto; but when used with a flat base, Fig. 2, it rests in a socket, c, of the same, the socket-and end of the upright to lit in it being square, in order to prevent the turning of said upright in operating the nut hereinafter mentioned. Working about this upright screw U is a Washer, W, and nut N, cast in one piece, and with a thread cut in the opening through the center corresponding- Witb the thread of the upright. The upper end of the upright tits freely in a vertical bore, b, of the post D, which bore is ot such length as may be necessary.

The porch-irons now in use are of the same general appearance as those illustrated iu the accompanying,drawings, with this difference. In the old the washer Wis cast as a part of the upright U and is located a little above the the-foot or base, and the upright itself is somewhat shorter and has a perfectly smooth surface. With this iron the sinking of the door ofthe post it supports. With my device, the upright being a screw and the washer a nut working about the same, the effect ot' any sinking of the t'oundationof the porch-iron upon N, with its Washer W, enabling the post to be per inanently main tainedin its normal position.

l have the nutl and washer cast in one piece and with the thread cutin the opening through separately, the nut only having a'thread cut through it, and the surface of the opening in thev washer working free of the thread of the upright; or, if preferable, the washer may be dispensed with and the post allowed to rest directly upon the nut.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is Y In combination with the post of a porch, the upright U, provided with a foot or sleeve adapted to be held fast, thesc-reW-thread cut` therein, anda nut, N, with or without a washer, substantially as and for the purpose specified. I

H. S. STAUFFER.

. u )on which It ress necessitates a hikesinkin 6of the post is obviated by screwing up the nut both; but the nut and washer may be cast 

